loose cover
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Would a tight seal be much more effective than a loose cover?
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2022
Photograph: Corbis/Christopher Felver "A novel, like a letter, should be loose, cover much ground, run swiftly, take risk of mortality and decay," Saul Bellow once wrote.
From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2010
"I expect he thought it was a loose cover," said Jonah.
From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford
On kicking the loose cover aside, they see it is a rifle—not of the kind common among backwoodsmen.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
The top of the cells is level with the upper platform, and they are fed through a loose cover, which is immediately replaced.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 by Various
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